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AMRI announces fourth-quarter and full-year 2009 results

AMRI today reported financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full year ending December 31, 2009.

8 Feb 2010

AIM releases new educational podcasts on its patient safety website section

American Imaging Management, Inc. (AIM), a leading diagnostic imaging benefit management and technology company with health plan clients representing more than 35 million consumers and an operating subsidiary of WellPoint, Inc. ( WLP), announced the release of new educational podcasts on the company's patient safety section of its Web site at www.americanimaging.net/safety.

27 Jan 2010

Charlie DuBois named Dynamic Chiropractic’s 2009 Person of the Year

Charlie DuBois, president of whole food supplement manufacturer Standard Process, has been named Dynamic Chiropractic’s 2009 Person of the Year. Featured in the December 16, 2009 edition of Dynamic Chiropractic magazine, DuBois was selected because of the commitment and support that he has shown the chiropractic profession.

22 Dec 2009

Joe Chimera, the 25th person to receive MEP Certification from PHII

The Population Health Impact Institute (PHII) is pleased to announce that Joe Chimera, Ph.D., is the 25th person to receive the Methods Evaluation Process (MEP) Certification.

18 Dec 2009

Medtronic introduces new TSRH 3Dx Spinal System to address multiple pathologies

Medtronic, Inc., today announced the launch of the TSRH® 3Dx™ Spinal System. Designed with procedural efficiency in mind, the TSRH 3Dx Spinal System offers two screws designed to address multiple pathologies.

17 Nov 2009

Obese women retain half of post pregnancy weight

Obese women who gain more than the recommended amount during pregnancy are much more likely to retain a portion of that weight one year after they give birth, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the November issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

22 Oct 2009

Breast tenderness indicates increased cancer risk among women on combination therapy

Women who developed new-onset breast tenderness after starting estrogen plus progestin hormone replacement therapy were at significantly higher risk for developing breast cancer than women on the combination therapy who didn't experience such tenderness, according to a new UCLA study.

13 Oct 2009

The 4th annual OPENeCTD forum to be hosted by EXTEDO

EXTEDO, a key eSubmission solutions provider for life sciences firms, today announced that they will be hosting the fourth annual OPENeCTD forum on September 28-29, 2009, in Nice, France.

3 Sep 2009

American Imaging Management discusses about diagnostic imaging in a journal

American Imaging Management(R) (AIM), an operating subsidiary of WellPoint, Inc. and one of the leading companies in the radiology benefit management industry, today commended articles on diagnostic imaging that appear in the August 27, 2009 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

1 Sep 2009

Dynamic Chiropractic PracticeINSIGHTS - a new magazine for chiropractors launched by MPA Media

MPA Media today announced the launch of a new magazine in the chiropractic market created to help chiropractors make business and buying decisions.

28 Aug 2009

Geographic patterns of frequent mental distress

Frequent Mental Distress (FMD), defined as having 14 or more days in the previous month when stress, depression and emotional problems were not good, is not evenly distributed across the United States.

13 Apr 2009

Women with diabetes before or during pregnancy at greater risk of depression

Low-income pregnant women and new mothers with diabetes have nearly twice the risk of experiencing depression during and after pregnancy than women without diabetes, according to a study in the February 25 issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.

24 Feb 2009

Patient harm more common with patient-controlled pain medication

Intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) allows patients to control their own pain medication, but a new study published in the December 2008 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety shows that errors related to this practice are four times more likely to result in patient harm than errors that occur with other medications.

1 Dec 2008

New cream for vaginal dryness approved

Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its subsidiary Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s New Drug Application (NDA) for Synthetic Conjugated Estrogens-A (SCE-A) 0.625 mg/g Vaginal Cream.

1 Dec 2008

Quick responses to influenza outbreaks reduces illness and death

Influenza outbreaks were shorter and resulted in fewer cases and fewer deaths at long-term care facilities that started residents on preventive antiviral medications within five days of the first case, compared to those that started later, according to a new study in the July 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, currently available online.

11 Jun 2008

Treating safety research like other clinical studies slows progress

Progress in patient safety research could slow to a crawl unless regulators work out a host of ethical issues, Johns Hopkins researchers assert in an upcoming opinion piece.

13 May 2008

Synthetic progestin linked to breast cancer

Millions of post-menopausal women use hormone replacement therapy (HRT) as a method to reduce symptoms associated with menopause.

2 Apr 2008

HIV-positive women in the United States face strikingly high levels of stigma

HIV-positive women in the United States face strikingly high levels of stigma, according to survey results released today by amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research.

1 Apr 2008

Long-term effects of synthetic progestins cause for concern

The widely used synthetic progestin medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) decreased endothelial function in premenopausal women in a study done at the University of Oregon.

11 Mar 2008

Calls to doctor's office may delay stroke treatment

Calling a primary care doctor instead of 9-1-1 at the first sign of a stroke can delay patients from reaching an emergency room during the most critical period - the first three hours after onset of stroke symptoms, researchers reported at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2008.

21 Feb 2008